In this video I’ll be painting up the Venomcrawler from the Shadowspear boxed set. The model itself is pretty big and has a heap of detail on it, so painting it up takes a lot longer than the video is, the black, flesh and gold took up the longest time, but the end result is… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Black Legion Venomcrawler
It’s the third and probably not final part of the Black Legion/Chaos Space Marine painting techniques. If you’ve not read any so far, why not check out the part one and part two. Topknots If there’s one thing Chaos Space Marines love it’s a good topknot. For the Black Legion, I’ve been painting them all… More Black Legion/Chaos Space Marine painting techniques, part 3
In this video I’ll be showing you how you can paint a Dark Disciple so it’ll look great on your tabletop. He comes with the Dark Apostle and is one of two that I’ll be painting up. The other Disciple will be painted up for the blog. A full list of paints can be found… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Dark Disciple’
In this video I’ll be painting up one of the Greater Possessed miniatures from the Shadowspear boxed set. With these basic techniques you should be able to get your Greater Possessed painted up and looking great on your tabletop. I’ll be working on a fair few of the miniatures from Shadowspear and new Chaos Space… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Black Legion Greater Possessed’
It’s a Bank Holiday Bonus video. In this video I’ll be showing you how to paint a quick and easy tempered/scorched metal effect. I tend to use this on my meltaguns, and from the picture on the video you can see the effects on two Sons of Horus Breachers. This can be done over a… More Video ‘How to: Paint a quick and easy Tempered Metal Effect’
In this video I’ll be covering how to paint a Lamenters Primaris Eliminator, but thought the camouflage pattern could be useful for any miniatures, modern warfare games, etc, and not just for Warhammer 40,000. The camo pattern is shown on its own video from earlier this year. The miniature is one from the Shadowspear boxed… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Lamenters’ Eliminator’
If you haven’t seen the first part of the series, you can check out Black Legion/Chaos Space Marine painting techniques, part 1. At the moment I’m working on a ten man assault squad for the Black Legion, so this post is focussing on their weapons, the idea being that there will be a bolter squad… More Black Legion/Chaos Space Marine painting techniques, part 2
In this video I’ll be painting up one of the new obliterator miniatures. With these basic techniques you should be able to get your obliterators painted up and looking great on your tabletop. I’ll be working on a fair few of the miniatures from Shadowspear and new Chaos Space Marine miniatures over the next few… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Black Legion Obliterator’
With the release of the new Chaos Space Marine kits, my focus obviously shifted from everything else that I need to do, onto the Warmaster’s forces. The techniques I’ll be covering in these posts are all on Black Legion, but the processes can be used for a number of different forces. I’ve used all these… More Black Legion/Chaos Space Marine painting techniques
In this video I’ll be painting up the new Abaddon the Despoiler miniature that was released recently. In this video I’m just painting up Abaddon and not his base, I’ll be doing that over the next couple of weeks. Also, it’ll be painted up to fit with the rest of the Black Legion miniatures I’m… More Video ‘How to: Paint Abaddon the Despoiler’
In this, the third and final part of Valdus Hammerhand, we’ll be looking at a few more techniques used to paint him up. The previous part can be found here. Dracoth skin, single tone For the Dracoth’s skin I wanted something that looked reasonable, but not too detailed. The rest of the miniature is well… More Valdus Hammerhand, part 3
In this video I’ll be painting up a Black Legion Chaos Space Marine. It’s been built from parts of the Chaos Space Marine superb multi-part kit which was released a couple of weeks ago. I’ll be working on a fair few of the miniatures from Shadowspear and new Chaos Space Marine range over the next… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Black Legion Chaos Space Marine’
This is an older post from 2017 that we’ve recently copied across from the old site. With some of the newer Nurgle and undead miniatures coming out recently I thought it’d be a good time to repost it. Enjoy! On a lot of miniatures, you get the opportunity to paint the grotesque and gory, which… More How to: Paint gore and open wounds on Death Guard, Pox Walkers and Zombies
In this video I’ll be covering how to paint DPM/camouflage. I’m painting this onto the cloaks of my Primaris Space Marine Eliminators, but thought the camouflage pattern could be useful for any miniatures, modern warfare games, etc, and not just for Warhammer 40,000. The full video for the Eliminator will be uploaded in the next… More Video ‘How to: Paint Eliminator Cloaks with Combat Soldier 95 DPM/Camouflage’
Welcome to the second part of how to paint Valdus Hammerhand. If you missed the first part, you can find it here. Ribbons and Banner For the ribbons and banners, I use a pretty straight forward way of colouring them. Starting with Citadel Rakarth Flesh, I give the whole ribbon/banner a smooth coat of it… More Valdus Hammerhand, part 2
In this video I’ll be painting up the Master of Possession from the Warhammer 40,000 Shadowspear boxed set. It’s a stunning miniature, and when I saw it I had to paint it first. Last week’s fire and flames video was taken from this miniature, so I’ll link that in the video so if you want… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Black Legion Master of Possession’
Like every aspect of the hobby, we often pick up far more than we can paint or game with, simply because the intent is there. I originally picked up the Age of Sigmar Starter Set with Vandus Hammerhand because I quite liked the look of the Khorne fellas. Sadly, when I picked it up they… More Valdus Hammerhand, part 1
In this short tutorial, I’ll be showing you a quick and easy method of painting fire and flames. I’m using the Master of Possession miniature from the new Warhammer 40,000 Shadowspear box as he has four burning skulls to demonstrate on. It’s a really limited palette, and the whole technique takes about 20 minutes to… More Video ‘How to: Paint Fire and Flames’
This post is originally from September 2017, and is today copied over from the original Brush and Boltgun site. I thought it quite fitting in light of the new Abaddon miniature being released. Last year, I decided that I wasn’t keen on the Abaddon the Despoiler miniature from GW, which, for someone so poignant to… More Abaddon the Despoiler Scratch Build
In this video, I’ll be talking through how I paint a Genestealer Cults Jackal Alphus from start to finish. To begin with he’s been sprayed with Citadel Zandri Dust and the video starts with him in that colour. I have a lot of Genestealer Cults miniatures, so if there’s any you’d like to see please… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Genestealer Cults Jackal Alpha
When I painted up the Stormcast from Shadespire, I hadn’t played it, but had heard good things. Now that I’ve played a few games, I can confirm it’s good. In light of how good it is, I pushed on with painting up some of the miniatures from it. The Khorne Bloodbound are amazingly dynamic, and… More How to: Paint Garrek’s Reavers, Khorne Bloodbound
In this video, I’ll be talking through how I paint a Primaris Librarian from start to finish. To begin with he’s been sprayed with Citadel Averland Sunset and Macragge Blue and the video starts with him in that colour. Although I’m painting him as a Lamenters’ Librarian, it’s only the pauldron with the Chapter symbols… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Primaris Librarian
I’ve you’ve not seen part 2 yet, you can find it here. This represents the third and final part of the Shokkjump Dragsta posts. Using the techniques in this and the previous two, you should be able to paint up the whole vehicle. Kustom Shokk Rifle What can improve the experience of zipping about the… More Shokkjump Dragsta, part 3
With the Dark Imperium Warhammer 40k starter box, you were introduced to some awesome new chaps, one of which was the one in the middle below, the Lord of Contagion. Now as the new 40k miniatures stand a little taller than the old, he’s a pretty daunting miniature when you stand him next to Chaos… More How to: Paint Death Guard Lord of Contagion
This video is a quick and easy method of painting wheels and tyres on ork vehicles, or any vehicles where you want a little corrosion on them. It uses a really small palette of colours but leaves the wheels looking great. I specifically use Vallejo Black and Vallejo German Grey on tyres because of their… More Video ‘How to: Paint weathered wheels/tyres’
We’re almost two thirds of the way through the March to War 2019 challenge, so let’s see how things are shaping up. Mike Well, as standard, I’m starting to panic that I’m not going to complete this challenge. It’s March on Friday, and I don’t feel like I’m two thirds of the way through my… More March to War, part 3
In this video, I’ll be talking through how I paint a Lamenters’ Primaris Lieutenant from start to finish. To begin with he’s been sprayed with Averland Sunset, and the video starts with him in that colour. I have a lot of Primaris to paint as Lamenters, so if there’s any you’d like to see please… More Video ‘How to: Paint a Lamenters’ Primaris Lieutenant’
If you’ve not read part 3 yet, you can find it here. In the final part of the Primaris Space Wolves tutorial, I’ll be talking through the techniques to paint up the shoulder pads and blades, with a talk through about the weapons. Squad markings Although space marines are like shock troops, and don’t wear… More How to: Paint Primaris Space Wolves, part 4
If you’ve not seen part one yet, you can find it here. Tyres/Wheels The tyres on any vehicle can be hard to get right, and for years I found that every vehicle I had sported slightly shiny tyres which I never liked. When I came across Vallejo Black, the mattest black paint I’ve ever used,… More Shokkjump Dragsta, part 2
When Orktober arrived at the end of last year, it rekindled my love of the greenskins, and I decided to try and paint up as many as possible over the following months. Here we are four months later, and I’ve not done a whole lot of them if I’m honest. When I saw Speedfreeks, I… More Shokkjump Dragsta, part 1